Story Behind The Dogist, Or How To Earn Taking Pics Of Dogs

Elias Weiss Friedman is a person which runs the Dogist project, an Instagram account which has over 2.6 million followers. He’s 29, loves tacos and dating apps, but his career is not ordinary: he takes pictures of dogs he meets on the NY streets or in other parts of the world and posts them on Instagram.

He used to have an office job, but lost it, so he decided to share with the world the results of his hobby, and it got extremely popular. He’s also the author of the eponymous book, The Dogist. The next book, Puppies, is available for pre-order.